List of Chinese philosophers
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[edit] Confucian philosophers
- Confucius (Kongzi), virtue ethicist.
- Zisi (Kong Ji), proportedly Confucius' grandson, Mencius' teacher, and composer of the Doctrine of the Mean.
- Mencius (Meng Zi), idealist who said human nature is originally good.
- Xun Zi (Hsün Tzŭ), realist who said human nature is originally evil.
- Dong Zhongshu (Tung Chung-shu), integrated Yin Yang cosmology into Confucianism.
[edit] Taoist philosophers
- Laozi (Lao Tzŭ), illusive founder of Taoism and author of the Tao te Ching (Book of the Way).
- Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzŭ), mystical and relativistic skeptic.
- Lie Yukou, said to be the author of the Daoist book Liezi.
[edit] Philosophers from other early schools
- Mozi (Mo Tzŭ), utilitarian and founder of the Moist school.
- Hui Shi, relativistic Logician who influenced Zhuangzi.
- Gongsun Long, Logician who was known for his paradoxes.
- Han Feizi, synthesizer of Legalist theories.
[edit] Buddhist philosophers
- Linji (Lin-chi), founder of the Linji school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, a branch of which is the Rinzai school in Japan.
[edit] Neo-Confucian philosophers
- Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi), rationalist and leading figure of the School of Principle.
- Wang Yangming, idealist and leading figure of the School of Mind.
[edit] Modern philosophers
Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-Lan), rationalist who integrated Neo-Confucian, Taoist, and Western metaphysics.
